Originally Posted by Orion ZyGarian
Dude...1UZs are known for being fuckin bulletproof...dont expect many problems at all!!
My theory is that Toyota upped the displacement to 4.3 and tweaked some stuff so that it would actually require maintenance....1UZ dont really, they never seem to break, so they had to make it a bit less reliable so that Toyota could still make money off of repairs
Toyota isn't an American car company, nor will they become anything like one. Look at Ford and GM and why they can't figure out why they are performing so badly, and you should see.
The 4.3 is actually a completely different engine all together, and just about as bulletproof as the 4L. Toyota saw the mistake they made that I warned about in the above post and reversed the pump and altenator. If your theory was correct and was going to tweak stuff to make sure they'd still get money off repairs, they would have left the orientation the same.
Hopefully Toyota will never change it's additude towards making sound, reliable, and sound quality vehicles. My next vehicle is either going to be a Toyota or Lexus because of this fact.